Future of Mayo Enterprise Board under consideration
Fri, Jun 18, 2010
The future of the Mayo Enterprise Board will be decided at a Government meeting next month which is to consider a restructuring plan for County Enterprise Boards. The Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Innovation Batt O’Keeffe is to bring proposals on the structure of the country’s network of 35 county enterprise boards (CEBs) before the Government in relation to key issues such as staffing and centralising services.
Read more ...No retirement plans as workers need to make ends meet
Fri, Jun 18, 2010
Retirement plans are changing radically as people no longer expect to put their feet up at 65 due to money constraints and simply because 65 is no longer deemed old.
Read more ...Seminar on religious heritage tourism
Fri, Jun 18, 2010
A seminar to discuss the potential of religious tourism with a view to capitalising on the many popular religious sites throughout the region and the possibility of developing pilgrimage trails, is to be held at the National Museum of Country Life in Castlebar on June 29 next.
Sixty tourism businesses from across the West and North West regions will meet with four European best practice religious heritage destinations at the seminar, which is part of the European Union’s Interreg Atlantic Area Programme. An additional 100 participants including tourism businesses, local authorities, Ireland West Airport Knock, regional and local agencies, and community groups are also expected to be represented.
Read more ...Little business now in farming
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
The farming community has been badly hit in the continuing economic crisis with subsidy payments now paying more than agricultural or dairy incomes earned throughout the year. The turnaround means that the once thriving farming sector in this country is no longer a viable business for many and families are increasingly finding it difficult to survive by living off the land.
Read more ...Little business now in farming
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
The farming community has been badly hit in the continuing economic crisis with subsidy payments now paying more than agricultural or dairy incomes earned throughout the year. The turnaround means that the once thriving farming sector in this country is no longer a viable business for many and families are increasingly finding it difficult to survive by living off the land.
Read more ...Saving is the new fad
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
The spending boom of the Celtic Tiger has been altered to a savings bonanza for financial institutions as more and more Irish people opt to put money aside regularly in a bid to increase account balances. According to an EBS consumer savings survey of 1,000 people, up to 85 per cent are now saving with 93 per cent of under-25s now getting in on the savings habit.
Read more ...Less stress and debt sought
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
n a recent survey Kenco discovered that 29 per cent of the Irish public have sobering financial worries. To launch its new eco-refill pack, which has 97 per cent less packaging weight, the coffee maker surveyed 500 people in an MRBI study to see what they would like 97 per cent less of. Most answers called for fewer bills, less stress, debt, work, and bankers. However 28 per cent said they were tired of negativity and bad news, especially from the media.
Read more ...Mayo businesspeople to discuss social media options
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
The next meeting of the Mayo Open Coffee Club will take place on Wednesday July 7 in GMIT’s Castlebar campus. The topic for the meeting will be ‘the use of social media for business.’
Read more ...More than 6,000 training places for unemployed
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
A total of 6,589 training places have been created around the country under the Government‘s Labour Activation Fund, according to Minister for Labour Affairs and local Fianna Fáil TD, Dara Calleary.
Read more ...Motorists oppose parking levy
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
Nearly 68 per cent of Irish motorists say they are opposed to the new €200 parking levy planned for Irish cities. The results are based on a poll of more than 1,500 motorists carried out by the AA last month.
Read more ...Energy grants up for grabs
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
The countdown is on for community groups in Mayo to apply for energy grants from the Bord Gáis Energy Community Energy Fund. Bord Gáis Energy has issued a final call for applications to all local Not-For-Profit organisations as the closing date for applications to the Community Energy Fund is fast approaching.
Read more ...Saving is the new fad
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
The spending boom of the Celtic Tiger has been altered to a savings bonanza for financial institutions as more and more Irish people opt to put money aside regularly in a bid to increase account balances. According to an EBS consumer savings survey of 1,000 people, up to 85 per cent are now saving with 93 per cent of under-25s now getting in on the savings habit.
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